Appeal 2007-2031
Application 10/905,818
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims a boat cover system that may provide some level of
protection to the interior of the boat when the boat is not in use, and also some
level of protection to the occupants of the boat from the sun, rain and/or other
elements when the boat is in use (Specification 2, Para 6). Claims 17 and 21,
reproduced below, are representative of the subject matter on appeal.
17. A pontoon boat comprising:
a platform;
one or more side walls extending up from the
platform around a perimeter of a protected area, wherein
the side walls are adapted to prevent or substantially
prevent windswept rain from passing through the side
walls and into the protected area from a lateral direction;
a cover; and
two or more support members for supporting the
cover above the platform, the two or more support
members being adapted to allow the cover to be moved
between a raised position and a lowered position,
wherein, in the lowered position, a perimeter of the cover
extends laterally out to at least the side walls of the
pontoon boat to provide a cover for all or substantially all
of the protected area, and in the raised position, the cover
is suspended above the platform sufficiently far so that
occupants of the pontoon boat can move about there
under.
21. A pontoon boat comprising:
a platform;
one or more side walls extending up from the
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